AER Rule Submission 24: Toronto (1; 3.04)

Toronto submitted and successfully passed the addition of Rule 3.04 to the Announcers' Ejection Rules. The proposal passed by a vote of 29-1.

3.04) Managers shall not be ejected while defending a player.

The rule was submitted in response to a call of "Ejection" made by HP Umpire Jim Wolf (28) in the bottom of the 7th inning. At the time of the egregious error in umpire conduct, Toronto was leading 2-0. Toronto ultimately won the contest, 5-2.

This was Toronto's first rules submission of 2015.
Toronto now has 4 points in the AER standings (0 Previous + 2 New Rule + 2 Submission Passed = 4). Toronto moves from T-7th to T-1st.

This is the 24th rules submission of the 2015 MLB Regular Season.
This is the 12th successful rules submission.
This is the 7th rules submission made by a team.
This is the 6th successful rule submission made by a team.
This is Toronto's 1st rules submission.
This is Toronto's 1st successful rules submission.

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